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Gosforth

The junction of Moor Road, Moorfield and Great North Road. The pavement is lined with bollards.

Controversial road closures back up for discussion

Plans mean residents in parts of Gosforth will have to take lengthier and more congested routes.

Gosforth Academy. The picture is taken fro the road and shows the school building. A fence has been placed around a sports pitch in front of the school. Two signs displaying the school's name are hung on the fences.

'Time is against' pupils sent to distant school

Some pupils wishing to attend Gosforth Academy are being sent to school in Newcastle's Great Park.

Phil Stout holding a set of keys and giving a thumbs-up gesture as he stands in front of the "wheels of wellness" van. He has short dark hair, a grey beard and glasses. The white van is decorated with the charity's name and colourful graphics.

Charity's wellness sessions take to the road

The iCan organisation's van is offering support to "hard-to-reach" people in parts of Cumbria.

An orange-coloured Land Rover drives along a road with trees blurred beyond it.

Car theft gang hacked keyless Land Rovers

Up to £200,000-worth of vehicles were stolen across Tyneside and Wearside, a court hears.

A black BB gun that looks like a hand gun

'Idiot with toy' sparked school shooting fears

Alexander Adams was seen handling an imitation gun near a school and university, a court hears.

Commuters frustrated by expert's Metro praise

A blog post claims the Tyne and Wear network is Britain's most progressive railway.

A Metro train with black and yellow livery on tracks on the blue Metro bridge running between Newcastle and Gateshead

Metro resumes after bridge crash and line damage

Operator Nexus says reduced services between Heworth and South Gosforth are running.

Sandy Lane Roundabout during the floods. Water covers the full three lanes of the roundabout. Two cars are partially submerged and stuck in the road. The water has covered part of the central roundabout and the roads leading from it. A housing estate can be seen in the distance.

Burst water main leaves roundabout submerged

The A189 is closed in both directions while engineers work to repair the leak in north Gosforth.

Wayne O'Neil and his son Finn sitting on a snowmobile with Lisa O'Neil standing next to them. They are all wearing snow suits and woolly hats, but there is no snow on the ground around them. There is a lake in the background.

Family's £3.5k no-snow Lapland holiday misery

Tui should have rescheduled the trip based on weather forecasts, the O'Neil family says.